Rocky Top Talk, a Tennessee Volunteers community

This has absolutely nothing to do with sports, but is worth the read. I wouldn't care what school he was AD for; the Hamiltons are commendable.

KNS (Mike Griffith) says the contract will likely start under $2 mil, but when bonuses are factored in it should average out to 2.4 annually, pushing Pearl back above Anthony Grant to third-highest in the SEC. The report includes a 15 percent increase in the assistant salary pool.

As in a "$1.8M buyout."

Is this the beginning of the consolidation of the men's & women's athletic departments? Informative piece with Mike Hamilton.

Some interesting insight into what Mike Hamilton was thinking while the rest of us were guessing during the coaching search.

Full text of Drew Edward's interview with UT athletic director Mike Hamilton.